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    Question

    In these questions, sentences with four bold words are given. One from four words given in the bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. That word will be your answer. If all words given in the bold are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, then ‘All Correct’ is your answer.

    Villagers killed two persons transporting cattle in

    the state less then two weeks ago.
    A killed Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B persons Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C in Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D then Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All correct Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    replace then with than. Then is commonly used to express a sense of time or what comes next or used to be. Than is used to form comparisons between two things. Villagers killed two persons transporting cattle in the state less than two weeks ago.

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